Dogs and wolves living today derive from a shared ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears ...

Every family dog carries a long evolutionary story in its cells, one that traces back to gray wolves even if the animal on ...

When scientists compared the DNA of thousands of dogs and wolves, they found the two species were not as separate as once ...

Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

U.S. scientists analyzed the DNA of numerous modern-day dog breeds, and found that two-thirds of pet dogs have traceable wolf ...

Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early ...

Wolfdogs are becoming a popular choice worldwide with people looking for furry companions. Conservationists are growing increasingly concerned these hybrids could interbreed with wild wolf populations ...

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

There has been another encounter between a wolf and people in the Netherlands. Last weekend, a wolf approached people with ...